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'Oil Concessions' [285r] (578/734)
The record is made up of 1 volume (365 folios). It was created in 8 Dec 1927-16 Sep 1929. It was written in English and Arabic. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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86/2
Telegram
From
To
Bepaated
No 822
Dated i9th August 1929,
xolitical Besident, Bushire,
Oovernment of India, Simla,
Secretary of state for India, London.
I should have preferred to exclude the
'.merlsans altogether hut as Secretary of State haa
Welded that this is i^ossihio the arra.ge^ outlined
seems to keep in our hands as much control as we can
expect.
Orsat stress is laid hy me on the dealings
of the Company with the Buler passing through a British
Chief Local Representative who in all matters should
address the
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
. Kajor Holmes is not an
Haal choice for the position. He is an elderly man
whose health ^flHj ^year and a half ago with had
douht whether he could stand
su er aiimute of Bahrain for 5 years. Ee does
m Siea ' Araoio ""t has a wonderful "way" with the Arabs,
although by his profiterring over the water horing his
Mjularity was rather reduced. In a small community
' 18 however a social acquisition and, provided his
h0laS S00d, 1 t ' hink he is prohahly the best
' °loe that can he made, as we have taken his measure.
,J[ SSeSt h0V ' 9ver that we an attempt to obtain a
"1® j3rlUsh understudy to succeed him if necessary.
To Sovermnant. o f i naia nn1 ^ r
llna of pollt) ~ n r9plyins 13 au9 ^ -y obtaining
king 0 : ' Een ^ d the AdVlSer - Shai ^ has no
h# i -ot 30 ione as he eets his
Z *, nauon r y 0f ^
C **Pany,
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This file contains correspondence between the British Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. at Bahrain; the British Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. at Bushire; Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, Adviser to the Bahrain Government; Major Frank Holmes, Chief Local Representative at Bahrian of the Eastern and Syndicate Company Limited; and Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah; as well as copies of correspondence between the Government of India and various government departments in London.
These papers concern the extension and renewal of and amendments to the Bahrain Oil Concession and prospecting licences; enquiries about the meaning and wording of the concession, particularly regards to customs and duties payments by Eastern and General Syndicate; American influence on Eastern and General Syndicate and Bahrain more generally; and dealings with other oil companies, including the Turkish Petroleum Company and Standard Oil Company of California.
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- 1 volume (365 folios)
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The file is arranged approximately in chronological order.
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Foliation: There are three inconsistent foliation sequences, which have been crossed out, and one complete foliation sequence. The complete foliation sequence is circled in pencil, in the top right corner of each folio. It begins on the first folio after the front cover, on number 2, and runs through to 364, ending on the inside of the back cover.
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- Title
- 'Oil Concessions'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:8v, 9v:15v, 16v:18v, 19v:34v, 34ar:34av, 35r:36v, 57r:60v, 62v, 63v:64v, 66v:90v, 91v, 92v:95v, 96v:97v, 101v:103v, 104v, 126v, 153v:154v, 155v:156v, 158v:162v, 185r:190v, 191v:192r, 193r:194v, 195v:196v, 197v:202v, 203v:209v, 210v, 212r:220v, 225v:231v, 266r:282v, 283v:305v, 306v:319v, 320v:323v, 325v:363v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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